Textural and compositional characterization of recent sediments along a paraglacial estuarine coastline, Maine, Usa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-153

  Buynevich, I V ^a,b   FitzGerald, D M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Estuary; Grain size; Kennebec river; Mineralogical maturity; Shoreface

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; MINERALOGY; TEXTURE;

KENNEBEC ESTUARY; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037241659     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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